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Jqly 31, 1928. 1,678,673

J. A. DYKEMAN Filed Bay 13, 1926 Patented July 31, 1928.

UNITED STATES JOHN A, DYKEMAN, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

BOOK.

pplication filed May i3,

The present invention relates to books and more particularly to books having perma nent cover members and adapted to contain replaceable fillers.

The object of the present invention is to provide a simple and inexpensive construction of cover and filler in which the latter may be readily inserted in and removed from the former, yet it will be securely held while in use without liability of accidental separation.

With this object in view, the present invention consists of the book hereinafter described and particularly defined inthe claims.

In the accompanying drawings, 1 is a perspective view of a book embodying the features of the present invention showing the bound cover open; Fig. 2 is a reverse View of the book'showing the rear cover open; Fig. 3 is a detail View showing the construction of the holding device; Fig. 4

is a bottom view of the holding device; and

Fig. 5 is a detail View of a bound book of stubs. The present invention is herein illustrated and described as embodied in a check bookin which the filler comprises a plurality of pages, each page consisting of a stub and a series of separable checks.

Referring to the drawings, the book illustrated therein consists of a cover which is 111- dicated generally at 6 and which comprises a front cover portion 8, a rear cover portion 10 and a back 12. Secured to the back 12 of the cover is a filler-holding or retaining device 14 which is integrally formed from a single sheet of metal and consists of a top plate 16, aback plate 18 and end pieces 20 which have inwardly extending tongues or clips 22 parallel to the back plate 18. The bottom of the holding device is open so that the filler may be inserted. The back plate 18 of the holding device is secured by rivets 21 to the back of the cover. The top plate 16 of the. holding device faces the front cover portion and is exposed when the book 1s opened from the front in the usual manner. The rear cover 10 of the book cooperates with the retaining device to hold the filler in place, closing the open bot-tom of that device when the book is opened in the usual way from the front, as shown in Fig. 1.

The filler comprises a plurality of bound sheets 23 each of which consists of a stub and a plurality of checks. Protecting sheets 1926. Serial No. 108,804.

24 of carboard are bound with the sheets 23 of the filler and cover the stubs, serving as tearing guides to facilitate separation of checks from their respective stubs, and also as covers when the stub portion is removed after .all the checks have been used. The filler is provided at opposite edges with recesses 26 within which are adapted to be received the inwardly extending tongues 22 of the holding devices.

The filler isreceived in the book as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. To insert a new filler, the book is turnedv face downward on its front cover, the rear cover is then opened,'expos mg the open bottom of the retaining device, and the filler put in place with the tongues of the holding device fitting into the recesses 26. The book may then be turned over in the position shown in Fig. 1 and it is ready for ordinary use. Inasmuch as no occasion arises for opening of the back cover while the book is being used, theengagement of the back cover with the filler prevents displacement of the latter downwardly, the top plate 16 of the holding device serving to prevent upward movement thereof. WVhe-n the supply of checks is exhausted, the book of stubs, as indicated in Fig. 5, is removed. This stub book, which consists of the bound stubs with the protecting sheets 24 serving as covers therefor, forms a permanent record of drawn checks, which may be conveniently filed for future reference.

Preferably the stub book is bound with staples or stitches, or some form of loose binding, on the line of the recesses, or on a line slightly further from the back, so that the opening of the leaves of the book will have no tendency to tear them at the recesses. Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is:

1. A book, comprising a cover having a back, and front and rear cover portions hinged thereto, a. holding device having an open bottom opposing the rear cover portion, and comprising a back plate permanently secured to the back of the cover and means opposed to the front cover portion to prevent removal of the filler from the front of the book, the holding device having inwardly extended tongues parallel tothe back plate, and a filler having recesses in which are received the inwardly extended tongues of the holder, the rear cover normally closing the open bottom of the holding device and being adapted to be turned back to unllO cover such bottom to permit removal or insertion of the filler from the rear of the book. 2. A book comprising a filler consisting of a plurality of sheets each having a stub portion and a separable portion, protecting covers extendingonly over the stub portion and bound with the sheets, the filler having recesses at opposite sides; a cover having a back, and front and rear cover portions hinged thereto; a. holding device consisting of an integral top strip opposed to the front cover portion and extending from one side of the filler to the other, a back strip permanently seouredto the back cover, and end portions with inwardly extended tongues adapted to be received in the recesses of the filler; the holding device having an open bottom opposed to the rear cover of the book whereby the rear cover may be turned back so that the filler may be inserted or removed from the rear side of the book. 3. A cover for replaceable fillers having a back, and front and rear cover portions hinged thereto; a filler-retaining device secured to the back of the cover and having 2.

top plate opposed to the front cover to prevent removal of the filler from the front of the book, and inwardly extending portions adapted to be received in recesses of the filler; the retaining-device having an open bottom opposed to the rear cover to permit insertion of the filler when the rear cover 1s turned back and to @rmit retention of the filler in proper position during normal use of the book by engagement of the filler with the rear cover.

i. A cover for replaceable fillers'havin'g a back, and front and rear cover portions" hinged thereto, a fillenretaining device secured to the back of the cover, saiddevlce comprising means engaging the edges and top of the filler to prevent removal of the Y same from the front of the book, the bottom of the device being open to permit removal of the filler from the rear side of the book when the rear cover is turned back.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

JOHN A. DYKEMA 

